三、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30分）
I believe in miracles (奇迹) because I’ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a _____16_____ in my upper jaw,” she said, “I told my own dentist it’s nothing, but he _____17_____ I come to see you.”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would _____18_____ to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the _____19_____ of her mouth. A careful examination later _____20_____ that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the _____21_____ of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just _____22_____.”
I thought otherwise. After considerable _____23_____ on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to _____24_____ me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected, ______25______ treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and ______26______.
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded ______27______ high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures (假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered ______28______ “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had ______29______ nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness ______30______.
I had read of such things happening, but had ______31______ seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I’ve seen many others, because they keep getting ______32______ to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are in miracle, ______33______ through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to ______34______ the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is ______35______ we choose to find it.
16. A. cut B. pain C. wound D. cancer
17. A. declared B. suspected C. promised D. insisted
18. A. refuse B. continue C. attempt D. manage
19. A. roof B. corner C. bottom D. surface
20. A. confirmed B. convinced C. considered D. concluded
21. A. possibility B. importance C. seriousness D. resolution
22. A. old B. sick C. fine D. glad
23. A. permission B. support C. approval D. effort
24. A. persuade B. please C. encourage D. astonish
25. A. declined B. provided C. received D. required
26. A. healthy B. elegant C. optimistic D. humorous
27. A. to B. in C. with D. by
28. A. worriedly B. confusedly C. patiently D. confidently
29. A. covered B. reached C. spread D. grown
30. A. cured B. faded C. expanded D. remained
31. A. ever B. also C. never D. already
32. A. easier B. rarer C. happier D. closer
33. A. or B. so C. yet D. for
34. A. read B. make C. keep D. see
35. A. whatever B. wherever C. whoever D. whichever
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. B
